This is an instructable to build a simple shelf; nothing fancy just a simple shelf for books and decorations with borders.

Supplies

To start make sure you have one big piece of ply would be about 5 by 4 feet.

Then have 4 small screws and 10 medium nails for making sure it sticks together.

Then grab two pieces of thin wood for the border with a length and height of 1 foot and ensure the hypotenuse is 17.5 inches.

Have a screwdriver and a jigsaw on hand for cutting and putting together.

Step 1: The Slab

First, you're going to take a 3-by-1-foot measurement from the plywood and cut it out with the jigsaw.

Step 2: Border Pieces

Next measure the thin wood and make sure it has a hypotenuse of 17.5 inches then cut it out with the jigsaw.

Step 3: The Anchors

Then measure 4 other pieces of plywood where two will have a length of 8 inches and 2 will have a length of 6 inches but both will be a width of 3 inches and cut them out with a jig saw.

Step 4: Start of the Shelf

Then nail the two thin pieces of triangle wood to the sides of the width sides of the 3 by 1 and make sure you use three nails on each side; two on the far left and right and one in the middle for both.